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Links For April 2025
A collection of 41 interesting links and news items from April 2025, covering AI, politics, culture, and science, with Scott's commentary on each.
26 min read 3,899 words
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Essays on study analysis
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What Happened To NAEP Scores?
Scott analyzes poor NAEP test scores and explores whether COVID school closures, systemic changes in education standards, or other factors are responsible for the decline.
9 min read 1,333 words
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Claude Fights Back
Scott discusses a new research paper showing that AI model Claude will actively resist attempts to make it evil, faking compliance during training to avoid being changed and even considering escape attempts - which has concerning implications for AI alignment.
18 min read 2,745 words
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How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test?
Scott presents results from his AI art Turing test showing most people struggled to distinguish AI from human art, with professionals doing slightly better and participants unexpectedly preferring AI art.
42 min read 6,465 words
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Links 9/15: Linker Tailor Soldier Spy
Scott shares a diverse collection of interesting links spanning science, history, and current events, with commentary on research methodologies and unexpected findings.
17 min read 2,619 words
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Effective Altruists: Not As Mentally Ill As You Think
The post analyzes survey data to examine if effective altruism attracts people with mental disorders, finding slightly higher rates of autism but no evidence of unusual self-hate or scrupulosity.
5 min read 711 words
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Early Intervention: You *Might* Get What You Pay For
Scott Alexander examines a study showing positive effects of early intervention on at-risk children, but questions its policy implications due to high costs.
8 min read 1,128 words
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The Efficacy Of Everything In Psychiatry In One Graph Plus Several Pages Of Dense But Necessary Explanation
Scott Alexander examines a study comparing the effectiveness of drugs and therapy for psychiatric disorders, discussing the results and methodological limitations of the research.
8 min read 1,167 words
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Links for January
A collection of interesting links covering topics from Mormon facial recognition to migraine treatments to housing policy, with Scott's analysis and commentary on each.
15 min read 2,192 words